Heel brace or support



Nov. 3, 1931.

E. F. PETERSON ET AL HEEL BRACE OR SUPPORT Filed July 2. 1928 FIG. 24.

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This invention relates to heel braces or supports for shoes havingjhigh heels, and especially to such braces as are applied to heels in order to prevent their accidental removal gorloss. a p C V The main objectof our invention is to reinforce high heels on womens shoes. in I order to give them eaterstrength-and add durability to suchs oes.

of the character indicated which is entirely unobtrusive and which does not appreciably increasethe weight'or size of a shoe to which I it isapplied. .15 Aifurther object is to provideaheel sup port which may be stamped and formed from sheet metal, which is inexpensive, and' which' .is readily applied.

' Further objects and advantages of 20 ventionwill appear hereinafter as this spec fication proceeds. I

' i In the accompanying drawings,

Fig. l is a view of a womans shoe having the invention applied thereto in theform of a stamped metal support.

Fig. 2- is'another view. of the same shoe and support to more clearly show the proper po-v -sition of the invention relatively to the shoe. Fig. 3 is a view from one side of a stamped ,30 plate embodying our invention. a

' Fig. 4 is another view of the same in a different-position. 1 e j 7 Fig. 5 is a further view of the same when turned with the leftend of Fig. 4 toward 35 the observer. I I

Fig. 6 is a similar view toFigQ5 when the left end of the support is in line with the eye to show its curvature. I V I Throughout the views, the same reference numerals indicatethe same or duplicate partsQm :It is a matter of frequent occurrence'that highheels have a tendency to bend or break tofsudden or heavy strains andsho'cks If the shoe '1 having'ia sole'2 and a heel 3'is:

subjected to violent.-backward shocks or Another object is to provide a support" nbgaeasao. .11

and theshoe upper will in, great measure constitute a leverage tending to fulcrum at the sectionindicated at 11.

If the strain is great enough, thesole may bend or break off at that point, providing .55 the heel-is strongly attached to the shoe, but

- more often, the result is that the heel parts from the shoe altogether.

' It is now proposed to form a supporting plate generally indicated by 10, into an arcuno ate member 4 which is reinforced for rigidity by a relief rib 9,.the latter being pressed up as at 14 from the main portion 4, and then secure this arcuatemember at the extremities to the heel '3 and sole 2 of the shoe. In I; order to adapt this plate for such attachment, one end is formed into an enlarged I tongue 8 to be secured by rivets, nailso or screws 7 to the inner face 13 of the heel, while the otherend is broadened into a transverse- I ly curved portion 5 to conform with the usual convex form of the sole under the instep, and -1s there attached by rivets, nails or screws as at 6.

It is obvious that the diagonal strain :11 through the heel originating at the rear edge 12 and concentrating at 11 is now taken up by our new support plate which distributes thestrain from about, the middle of the heel to a point well forward in the sole under the 1st so as to provide relatively flat edges on both off womens shoes, especially when sub ect sides thereof, a broadenedsection upon each end of'said main section, and means adapting said plate to conform to theshape of the 1 heel and shank of the shoe to which said plate may be attached.

2. In a heel support plate ofunitary structure for attachment to the forward face off-" v V the heel ofashoe and to the'underside-of the shank portion thereof, a bent main portion a 1 provided With reinforcing and stiffening means spaced Within the edges thereof, a

broadened section disposed upon each end 7 of said main portion, and means upon said plate adapting one broadened end section I thereof; to confoi in with theffoitm of said EMIL P TERSON; .s o 7 June, 1928. 

